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ArticleJournal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing2022

Incidence and predictors of de novo late-onset persistent atrial fibrillation in postoperative rheumatic heart disease patients (LOAF-RHD study).

Gautam Sharma, Nirmal Ghati, Shrenik Doshi, Shruti Sharma, Mohd Sharique, Aman Agarwal, Velayoudam Devagourou, Milind Padmakar Hote, Shiv Kumar Choudhary

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Gautam SharmaDepartment of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. drgautamsharma12@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2223-5463
Nirmal GhatiDepartment of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
Shrenik DoshiDepartment of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
Shruti SharmaNational Institute of Pathology, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Safdarjung Hospital Campus, New Delhi, India.
Mohd ShariqueCenter for Integrative Medicine and Research (CIMR), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
Aman AgarwalCenter for Integrative Medicine and Research (CIMR), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
Velayoudam DevagourouDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
Milind Padmakar HoteDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
Shiv Kumar ChoudharyDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences · INSafdarjang Hospital · IN

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purposeLate-onset atrial fibrillation (LOAF) after valve surgery for degenerative mitral valve disease often with underlying mitral valve prolapse is a known phenomenon. However, there is no similar data for postoperative rheumatic heart disease (RHD) patients. We sought to assess the incidence and predictors of LOAF during postoperative follow-up in RHD patients.

methodsThis single-center retrospective case-control study included a total of 384 RHD patients with normal sinus rhythm (NSR) who underwent rheumatic valve surgery between 1st July 2008 and 30th June 2013. Patients detected with de novo persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) after 2 months of valve surgery were diagnosed as having LOAF. Presurgical demographic and echocardiographic parameters were compared between the LOAF and NSR groups to identify risk factors for LOAF.

resultsThe incidence of de novo LOAF after rheumatic valve surgery was 9.63% at an average of 2.67 ± 1.32 years follow-up. Age ≥ 32 years [OR 2.4 (95% CI 1.2-5.1); P = 0.01] and left atrial (LA) size ≥ 51 mm [OR 5.9 (95% CI 2.8-12.4); P < 0.0001] were the most significant and independent predictors of LOAF. Moreover, significant mitral valve disease was associated with a higher risk of LOAF than significant aortic valve disease (P = 0.037). LA size ≥ 51 mm at surgery showed a fair discriminative power [AUC = 0.75; sensitivity = 68%, specificity = 70%] to identify patients at high risk for LOAF.

conclusionsLate-onset AF develops in almost a tenth of the RHD patients postoperatively following corrective valve surgery. Preoperative LA size can be used to identify patients at high risk for LOAF.

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Atrial FibrillationRheumatic Heart DiseaseAdultCase-Control StudiesHumansIncidenceRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeLate-onset atrial fibrillationPostoperativeRheumatic heart diseaseRheumatic valve surgery

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